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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1903
Page
8
Manufacturer's sale offering two car loads of pianos and organs at deep discounts. Prices from $174 to $296 for uprights, with easy payments and six percent interest on deferred payments. Sale runs August 18 to August 29 with shipments nationwide.
The Logan Com Co reports Chicago markets steady with hogs and cattle trading in narrow ranges. Prices: light hogs 5.25 to 5.85, mixed 5.10 to 5.60, heavy 5.20 to 5.50, rough 4.80 to 5.15. Kansas City and Omaha hogs 8,000 and 5,500 cattle. St Louis hogs top 5.85, bulk 5.35 to 5.55.
An inquest at the county courthouse returned a verdict that Fletcher Hill was killed by pistol shots fired from Frank James. The jury recommended James be held to answer to the grand jury. Principal witnesses Rufus Johnson and Mattie Arnold testified with differing accounts.
Office hours in the county courthouse will end at noon each day during the fair, except Saturday, to give county officials time to attend to fair duties.
Jefferson City August 18 News that the trial of State Senator Frank H. Farris of Crawford county for accepting a bribe in the alum baking powder repeal bill may be postponed due to the senator's illness at his Steelville home. The defense seeks Walter Aycock as witness. Other trials set include Senators Charles A. Smith, Buell W. Matthews and William P. Sullivan with Judge W. W. Graves presiding. Also legal notices about loans and local trades follow.
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